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Past Presidents. 

»n. Benj. F. Butler; Gen. Sam'l C. Lawrence; Col. Henry Walker; Gen. Edward W. 
llincks; Col. Benj. F. Watson; Gen. David W. Wardrop; Gen. Augustus P. Martin; 
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2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

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3. The City of Boston. 

Response, Hon. Thomas N. Hart, Mayor. 

4. The Day we Celebrate. 

Response, Gen. A. P. Martin. 

5. Melba Quartet. — " Legends." 

6. The Flag of Our Country. 

Response, Rev. E. A. Horton. 

7. The American Navy. 

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Miss Eleanor Piper. 

9. The Armies of the United States. 

Response, Gen. N. A. M. Dudley. 

10. The Grand Army of the Republic. 

Response, Dept. Com. Peter D. Smith. 

1 1. Melba Quartet. — " Darkies' Medley." 

12. The Spanish War Veterans. 

Response. Brig. Gen. Curtis Guild, Jr. 

13. The Sons of Veterans. 

Response, Div. Com. FredE. Warner. 

14. Reading. — " OKI Times and New." 

C. May French. 

15. The Roll of Honor. 

James 1 1. Griggs. 




Judge Charles Devens, 3d Mass. Battalion. 
(Minute Men of '61). Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. 



Gen. Samuel E. Chamberlain, Barre, Mass. 
3d Mass. (Minute Men of '61). |U. S. Vols. 



Born in Chailestown, Mass., April 4, 1S26, of 
Revolutionary ancestors. His great-grandfather, 
Richard Devens, was a member of Committee of 
Safety and Commissary General during American 
Revolution. 

A graduate of Harvard College at the early age 
of eighteen, in 1S3S, admitted to bar in 1S40, was ap- 
pointed U. S. Marshall by President Taylor, 1S49 I" 
1S53. 

April 15, 1S61, upon the first call of President 
Lincoln for troops, Mr. Devens was appointed 
major 3d Mass. Battalion Rifles. While in com- 
mand at Foit McHenry, Baltimore, was appointed 
colonel of 15th Mass. Vols. In November, 1S61, 
was made brigadier-general, commanding in many 
important engagements and several times wounded. 
Early in 1S65, upon recommendation of General 
Grant, General Devens was brevetted major-gen- 
eral and by special request of General Grant re- 
mained in service of the government until near the 
close of 1S66. Returned to Boston resuming the 
practice of law. Early in 1867, he was appointed 
by Governor Bullock judge in the Superior Court 
and by Governor Washburn to the Supreme Judicial 
Court. 

In 1S77 was made Attorney General of the United 
States, a position he occupied four years with great 
honor. Returning to Massachusetts in April, 1SS1, 
was reappointed to the Supreme Judicial Court by 
Governor Long, which position he occupied until 
his death, Jan. 7, 1891. 

A fine bronze statue of General Devens has been 
placed in the park east side of the State House. 



Samuel E. Chamberlain was born Nov. 2S, 1S29, 
at Centre Harbor, N. H., and was educated in the 
public schools of Boston. He served as an enlisted 
man in the 1st U. S. Dragoons during the war with 
Mexico, and took part in the storming of Monterey 
Sept. 21-23, 'S-lfi, and the battle of Buena Vista, 
Feb. 22-23, 1S47. 

He afterwards served with Texan Rangers in 
Sonora and Arizona in suppressing Apache out- 
rages, employed by the Mexican Governor of Dur- 
ango. In the fall of 1S53 he was of Walker's expe- 
dition to "extend the area of freedom" in Lower 
California, and participated in the affairs at La Paz, 
San Thomas and La Ensinada. 

On the breaking out of the Civil War he was, on 
April 17, 1861, commissioned 1st lieutenant Co. C, 
3d Regt., M. V. M. This company was raised in 
Cambridge, and was the first volunteer company in 
1 he United States for the war. On his return from 
the three months' campaign he enlisted as a private 
in the 1st Mass. Cav.; was commissioned captain 
Nov. 2;, 1S61, major Oct. 30, 1S62, lieutenant-colonel 
March 5, 1864, colonel Sept. 30, 1S64, and brevetted 
brigadier-general for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vice in covering retreat of Gregg's Division of Cav- 
alry at the disastrous battle of St. Mary's Church, 
Va., June 25, 1864. He had fourteen horses shot in 
battle, and was wounded seven times. Mustered 
out in October, 1S65. He served on the staffs of 
Governors Bullock and Claflin as assistant quarter- 
master general with the rankof colonel. Residence, 
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Geo. H. Wiley, Boston, Lieut. Co. H, 5th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Lieut. Co. A, 39th Mass. Vols. 



Sergt. Lyman B. Whiton, Hingham, 

Co. I, 4th Mass. (Minute Men of '6i). 

Lieut. 32c! Mass., and Major 3d Regt. Mass. H. A. 





Comrade Frank A. Brown, Past Adjt. 5th Mass. 

Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 47th 

Mass. Regt. 



James Leonard, Boston, Mass., 5th Mass. Regt. 

(Minute Men of '61). 7th Mass. Inft. 

Lieut. 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery. 




George W. Nason, Jr., Franklin, Mass., and Boston. 

April 15, 1861, Co. I, 5th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 

Aug. 14, 1861, Co. H, 23d Regt. Mass. Vols. 

Jan. 4, 1862, U. S. Steamer Huzzar (Gunboat). 

May 2, 1864, Col. New Berne Fire Dept. Regt. 



Col. Samuel C. Lawrence, Medford, Mass. 

5th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. 




Capt. Geo. Lincoln Prescott, 5th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). Col. 32d Regt. Mass. Vols. 

Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. 

Killed June ig, 1864, at Petersburg. 



Capt. James H. Osgood, Past. Pres. 

Minute Men of '61. 4th and 2g Mass. Regts. 

Born July 28, 1832. Died Sept. 10, 1898. 




Charles Kilburn, Lunenburg, Mass. 5th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). Sergt. 23d Mass. Regt. 



Capt. Geo. O. Brastow, Somerville. Co. I, 5th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). Maj. U. S. Vols. 



Charles Kilburn, son of Cyrus Kilburn, was born 
in Lunenburg, Mass., May 13, 1S39. When iS 
years old taught district school; also practised 
civil engineering with his father until 1S61. He 
came to Boston April 15 to have his surveying in- 
struments adjusted, and hearing the call of Presi- 
dent Lincoln for 75,000 troops went to Faneuil Hall 
and enrolled his name with Somerville Light In- 
fantry, commanded by Capt. Geo. O. Brastow of 
the 5th Mass. Regt. As a civil engineer he was of 
great service to the government, assisting in the 
construction of Fort Ellsworth at Alexandria, Va., 
etc. Returning with his regiment at end of service 
he again enlisted; was made orderly sergeant of 
Co. H, 23d Regt. Mass. Vols., Col. John Kurtz. 
Sergeant Kilburn was severely wounded at the 
battle of Whitehall, near Kinston, N. C, Dec. 16, 
1S62. One arm and both leys were broken by grape 
or canister shot which incapacited him from active 
service. Leaving hospital cm crutches, was as- 
signed duty in (}_. M. and Ordnance Dept. until 
end of service, when he took a law course and was 
admitted to the bar. 

Sept. 4, 1S79, he married Nellie J. Heaton of 
Franklin, and soon after received the appointment 
of Adjutant of Soldiers' Home at Green Island, 
Neb. After six years' service he resigned and lo- 
cated at Juniata, Neb., where he practised law un- 
til his death, Feb. 8, 1K95. 



Maj. George O. Brastow was born in Wrentham, 
Mass., Sept. S, 1S11. Died Nov. 20, 1S7S. 

He was captain of the Somerville companv in the 
5th Mass. Vol. Militia during its three months' 
term, and was very popular throughout the whole 
regiment by reason of his zeal and efficiency as an 
officer and the magnetism of his genial and kindly 
nature. 

He was commissioned as paymaster with' the 
rank of major in 1S62. He was twice elected mayor 
of Somerville, and also served as member ol the 
legislature for several years, during two of which 
he was president of the senate. 



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Geo. D. Choate,4c5 Newbury St., Boston. 20th Pen n. Charles M. Pik-, Worcester, Mass. 16th Ohio Regt. 
(Minute Men of '61). Sergt. 23d Mass. Vols. (Minute Men of '61). 51st Ohio Regt. and 

and V. R. C. gth Ohio Cavalry. 




Chas. H. Nason, 1st Rhode Island, Co. C (Minute J ohn Morgan, 2 Warrenton St., Boston. 2d Conn. 
Men of *6i), at age of 14, and U. S. Signal Corps. (Minute Men of '61). Co. G, 16th Conn. Vols., 3 yrs. 




panics, lorrned the Massachusetts Battalion, which 
was subsequently supplied with other companies 
and made into the 20th Massachusetts, one of the 
best fighting ;ind hardest worked regiments from 
the old Bay State. They were assigned to the 
Army of the Potomac, and, under McC'lellan. fought 
in the Peninsular Campaign from Fair Oaks to 
Malvern Hill and Harrison's Landing. Sharing 
the fortunes of that army they were in many subse- 
quent engagements, until assigned to General 
Grant's command at Vicksburg, being the only 
Massachusetts regiment to participate in that mem- 
orable siege. Captain Doten was absent from the 
regiment but twice during the war. having been 
taken with typhoid fever at Harrison's Landing and 
again suffering with malarial fever while in the 
west, but missed none of the fighting. He was 
honorably discharged at the expiration of his three 
years' term of enlistment, and hrevetted Major for 
gallant and meritorious services during the war. 
He is past commander of Post 76 G. A. 1!.. and a 
prominent Mason and Odd Fellow. The Major is 
nearing 88 years, but annually marches the route 
with his Post mi Memorial Day, and w ith the Min- 
ute Men on April 15th, refusing to ride "until he 
vets to be a veteran." 



Samuel Holmes Doten, Plymouth, Mass. 3d Mass. 
Regt. (Minute Men of '61 I. Maj. 29th Regt. 



Major Samuel Holmes Doten is a native of old 
Plymouth, Mass., where he was born June 5, 1812, 
ami so humorously claims that he served in the 
infantry in the war of that date. Both his parents 
were of the original Mayflower stock of 1620, his 
father being in direct descent from Sir Edward 
Doten of the English navy, and his mother in the 
sixth generation from William Bradford, the Pil- 
grim governor of Plymouth Colony. His father 
was first lieutenant of the privateer brig Georsfe 
Little of Boston in the war of i Si 2, and the two sons, 
Samuel II. and Charles C, were both captains in 
the war for the Union. 

Major Doten began active life as master of the 
packet Atlanta, on the line between Plymouth 
ami Boston. When, after some years, he left sea- 
faring, he went into the lumber business quite ex- 
tensively, follow ing it for many years, at the same 
time being active and prominent in the civil and 
political life of his native town. 

When the Civil War broke out. and his brother 
on the 10th of April. 1861, marched awav the 
Standish Guards, Majoi Doten at once set about 
raising another company, and was the first man in 
the town to volunteer lor ■■three years or the war." 
The Plymouth Rock Guards were quickly enlisted 
and among the first three years' men accepted by 
the government. With Captain Doten as their 
commander, they were sent to Fortress Monroe 
and attached to the 3d Massachusetts Regiment of 
three months' troops, thus becoming a part of the 
Minute Men ot '01. After the 3d returned home 
Captain Doten's command, with three other com. 




John A. Leach, Whitman, Mass. 4th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). 7th Mass. Vol. Regt. 




was ordered into the Department Telegraph service, 
from which, on account of a pulmonary trouble, he 
was honorably discharged .May 20, 1S63. 

He was elected to the Massachusetts legislatures 
of 1865 and iSihi as representative from the Ply- 
mouth district, and served both years on the Com- 
mittee on Military Affairs. 

In February, iSqS, he was appointed by Governor 
Wolcott a member of the State Hoard of Harbor 
and Land Commissioners, a position for 'which by 
education and experience he was deemed well qual- 
ified, lie was re-appointed by Governor Wolcott 
for the full term of three years from |uly 1. 1S99. 

For the past twenty-eight years Captain Doten 
has been the editor of the "< )ld Colony Memorial," 
the leading weekly newspaper of south-eastern 
Massachusetts, and ol which he is now also the 
sole proprietor, lie is a comrade of l'ost 70 ( i.A.K. 
and prominent as a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and 
in other fraternal and benevolent organizations. 



Capt. Charles C. Doten, Plymouth, Mass. 
3d Mass. Regt. Minute Men of '61 

38th Mass. Vcls. 



Capt. Charles Carroll Doten, of the 3d and 38th 
Mass. Regis., was born in old Pilgrim, Plymouth. 
April 9, 1S33. He was educated as a civil engineer, 
and in 1S5S was engaged in general surveying in 
the territory of Minnesota, then overrun by the 
Sioux Indians, among whom he was located, and 
there experienced the roughness and romance of 
frontier life. On his return to Massachusetts he 
took up telegraphy, following it as operator and 
manager for fifteen years. He was in command of 
the Standish Guards, Co. B, 3d Regt., M. V. M.. 
at the breaking out of the Civil War, and at three 
o'clock in the morning of April 16, 1S61, written 
orders reached him on President Lincoln's call for 
troops. By early train the same morning he re- 
ported in Boston with the Plymouth company of 
the Minute Men of '61, and four days from that 
time, with his company and regiment, took part in 
tin- destruction of Norfolk Navy Yard and the res- 
cue oi the United States frigate Cumberland, these 
Massachusetts soldiers of the 3d Regt. being the 
first State troops to pass within the lines of the 
Southern Confederacy, confront rebel batteries, and 
commit acts of war on the soil of a southern State. 

In 1S62 he raised and commanded Co. G, 38th 
Mass. Infty. Vols., serving in the Department of 
the Gulf, and at the battle of Bisland, La., where 
thirty-three per cent of the men he took into ac- 
tion were killed or wounded, he received special 
commendation from Generals Banks and Emory 
for courage and coolness. Later, at Opelousas, he 




Henry S. Braden, Somerville, Mass. 

Co. K, 4th Mass. Minute Men of '61). 

1st Lieut, and Adjt. 2gth Mass. 





1st Lieut. Humphrey A. Francis, Taunton, Mass. 
Co. G, 3d Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 



Sergt. John Shannon, 3d Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 
Died Dec. 31, 1899. 





Henry K. Ellis, Middleboro, Mass. Co. H, 3d Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). 32d Regt. Mass. Vols. 



1st Lieut. Oscar E. Washburn, Brockton, Mass. 
3d Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 





Augustus P. Martin, Boston, Mass. ist Mass. 

Battery. (Minute Men of '6C 3d Mass. 

Light Battery. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. 



Samuel C. Wright, 147 K St., So. Boston, 

3d Mass. Regt. I Minute Men of '61). 

2gth Regt. Mass. Vols. 



Augustus P. Martin was born in Abbott, Me., 

Nov. 23, 1S35. ^ e served in the three months' 
campaign as sergeant in the Boston Light Artil- 
lery. When the 3d Massachusetts Battery was 

raised he was made senior first lieutenant, Sept. 5, 
1861, captain, Nov. 28, 1861, brevet colonel, March 
13, 1865. During his term he was Chief of Artil- 
lery for the gth Corps. At the Battle of Gettysburg 
his services were conspicuous, ami the skill and 
energy displayed by him were important factors in 
saving Little Round Top and the whole line of the 
5th Corps on the second day of that great strug- 
gle, lie received a special letter of commendation 
from General Meade when the battery was mus- 
tered out, in which his services at Gettysburg were 
referred to in very flattering terms. He was 
severely wounded at Laurel Hill, May 8, [S64 
Since the war he has served as senior aide-de-camp 
with rank of brigadier-general to Governor Long; 
was Mayor of Boston in 1SS4, Police Commissioner 
for five years, and is now Water Commissioner. 



Samuel C. Wright, first enlistment in Co. E, 3d 
Massachusetts Infantry, later served in 1st Massa- 
chusetts Battalion Infantry, then in Co. E, 29th 
Mass. Infantry, and in one engagement with 129th 
Ohio Infantry. Participated in the following ''at- 
tics: Big Bethel, Warwick Road. Hampton, Nor- 
folk, Gaines Mills. Peach Orchard, Savage Station, 
White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, sec- 
ond Bull Bun. South Mountain, Antietam, Snick- 
er-- (lap, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Jackson, 
Blue Springs, Hough's Ferry, Campbell's station, 
Fort Saunders, Knoxville, Strawberry Plain, Tol- 
opotmy, Shady Grove Road, Bethesda Church, 
Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Crater, Walker's Ford. 
Wounded five times, twice reported dead, twice 
promoted on the field, and given a medal from Cun,- 
gress "for gallantry in action." was in charge ol 
Rebel Prisons at Paris, Ky., anil Tazewell, Last 
Tennessee, made color bearer for life by Regi- 
mental Association, held rank of colonel on statl 
of National Commander Union Veterans Union. 
Served on staff of Department Commander G. 
A. R. of Massachusetts. 



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John P. Reynolds, Past Pres. 8th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). Capt. igth Mass. Vols. 



Capt. John P. Reynolds was born in Salem, June 
i, 1S40. His great-grandfather, Elijah Sanderson 
of Lexington, was a memberof John Parker's Com- 
pany, and on the evening of April 1S, 1775, volun- 
teered to watch the British, officers who rode into 
Lexington from Boston and remained later than 
usual. He followed them, mounted, to Lincoln, 
when they turned on him and made him a prisoner 
as they did Paul Revere after his midnight ride> 
until daylight when both were released, the Brit- 
ish officers becoming alarmed at the uprising of the 
people. 

Both his maternal and paternal grandfathers 
served in the war of 1S12. 

He ioined the Salem Light Infantrv, Co. A, 7th 
Regt., M. V. M., in 1859, • lnc ' was a member of it 
when it received the famous Chicago Zouaves in 
iSbo. Capt. A. F. Devereux, captain of the Salem 
Company at the time, was the founder of the 
Chicago Company a few years before, Elmer Ells- 
worth being his first sergeant. 

He entered the service of the United States as 
corporal in the Salem Zouaves, as the company was 
then known, April iS, 1861, and which was attached 
to the 8th Mass. Regt. as the right flank company, 
ami served with them through the three months' 
campaign, participating in the removal of the U. 
S. Frigate "Constitution" from Annapolis to the 
Brooklyn Navy Yard, serving also as a Drill mas- 
ter in the Sth Mass. and 4th Wisconsin Regiments 
in the new (llardees) tactics which the Salem 
Zouaves had been drilling in for more than a year. 
He was mustered out with his company Saturday, 
Aug. 1S61. 



On Monday. Aug. 3, 1S61, he was appointed one 
of the drill masters to the iqth Mass. Regt. then in 
camp at Lynnfield, and was mustered into the U. 
S. service as 2d Lieut, of Co. D, Aug. 2S, 1861. He 
was promoted to 1st Lieut, in Co. G, Nov. 29, 1S61, 
served as acting adjutant from this time until 
March, 1862, and was promoted to captain Feb. 27, 
1S63. 

He participated in the battles of Ball's Bluff, 
Fair Oaks, May 31 and June 1 ; Fair Oaks, June 
25; Peach Orchard. Savage Station, White Oak 
Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, first, Malvern 
Hill, second; Chantilly (serving on the staff of 
the 3d Brig. 2d Army Corps) and Antietam. At 
Antietam he was twice severely wounded, in the 
left ankle joint and the right elbow joint, being 
favorably mentioned in the report of his regimental 
commander, and also in the report of Adjt. Gen. 
Win. Schouler of Massachuetts for 18112. He re- 
joined his regiment for dutv in March, 1863, bul his 
wounds breaking out he was sent home again on 
leave of surgeon's certificate, stopping in New 
York en route to submit to an operation. He again 
rejoined his regiment at Mine Run, but was obliged 
to resign on account of wounds which became per- 
manent, and went to Washington, appeared before 
a Board of Examination and was commissioned by 
Abraham Lincoln as captain of the Veteran Re- 
serve Corps, originally organized as an appendage 
to the regular establishment. In this capacity he- 
served at Washington, I). C. : Detroit and Kalama- 
zoo, Mich., and commanded the Post of New Al- 
bany, Ind. lor more than a year and a half, during 
the troubles of the treasonable Order of the Sons 
of Liberty, which disturbed that section in 1S64 and 
1S65. He was Anally mustered out June 30, 1S66, 
after a service of more than five years. From 186S 
to 1873 he commanded his original company in the 
Mass. Vol. Militia, now known as Co. II, 8th Regt. 

He is charter member of Post 34 Dept. of Mass. 
G. A. R., served on the staff of the commander-in- 
chief in 1S64, and is a memberof the Massachusetts 
Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion 
of the United States. lie has been secretary of the 
Association of the Salem Zouaves since its organi- 
zation, is a Past Pres. of the Sth Mass. Vet. Asso., 
Past Pres. of the 19th Mass. Regt. Asso. ; PastMaj. 
Commanding Salem Light Infantry Veteran Asso. ; 
Past Vice-Pres. Second Army Corps Club and a 
Past Pres. Mass. Minute Men's Asso. He is also 
a member of the Society of the Army of the Polo- 
mac of the Essex Club, Essex Institute of Salem 
and various other organizations. He is the founder 
of the system known as "Reynolds Escutcheons of 
Military and Naval Service," for expressing at a 
glance on the army (or navy) regulation principle, 
the record of an officer, soldier or sailor, which was 
first introduced in 1S6S. 

Since 1SS3, he has had charge of the appropriation 
accounts of the Military Department and of the 
property accounts of the Mass. Vol. Militia, in the 
office of the adjutant general. 



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Wm. E. Nason, Franklin, Mass. 
Adjt. Gen. office and 18th Mass. Vols. 

Brigade Wagon Master 5th Corps. 
Born Oct. 26, 1832. Died Oct 11, 1896. 





Linus A. Shaw, Watertown, Mass. 
3d Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 
Sergt. 18th Mass. Capt. 3d M. V. M. 



"CITIZEN THOMAS," Brockton, Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Co. L, 3d Regt. M.V.M. Co. D, 18th Mass. Vols. 



In a book published by II. S. Crocker & Co., of 
San Francisco, Cal., entitled "Records of the Mem. 
bers of the Grand Army," is mentioned those vet- 
erans who were present at the National Encampment 
in San Francisco, and among the thousands is that 
of Mr. H. O. Thomas of "the city of Brockton, 
whose creditable war record, as given below, is in- 
teresting: 

Harrison O. Thomas was 'born in Wareham, 
Mass., June 28, 1S40. His occupations in life have 
been clerk and merchant. Enlisted in New Bed- 
ford City Guards, Co. L, Capt. Ingraham, 3d Regt. 
Mass. Vol. Militia, Colonel Wardrop, April 16, 
1861, for three months' service (called the Minute 
Men of '61), under the first call of President Lincoln 
for troops to suppress the Rebellion. At the expira- 
tion of term of seivice, he re-enlisted in Co. D, iSth 
Regt. Mass. Vols., for three vears, serving in the 
Army of the Potrmac; participated in the siege of 
Yorktown, Peninsula and Chickahominy cam- 
paigns entire. General Stoneman's Detached Expe- 
dition, Battles of Antietam (support of battery en- 
gaged), Shepardstown Ford, second Bull Run and 
at Fredericksburg, Va. In the latter battle he was 
shot through the right arm, necessitating the re 
moval of broken bones and causing the loss of use 
of one arm. 

In consequence of this permanent disability he 
was discharged from service; as soon as recovery 
from wounds would permit he returned to the front 
as a citizen, marching and camping with his old 
comrades and associates, and in time of battle enter- 
ing the field hospital and officiating with such abil- 
ity and noticeable aptitude as to receive special 
praise from Surgeon - in -Chief and Surgeon. in- 
Charge of the 1st Division, 5th Corps, field hospi- 
tal, all of which service he rendered at his own ex- 
pense; he became known as "Citizen Thomas," a 
soubriquet bestowed upon him by his old comrades; 
in this manner, without pay or any desire for com- 
pensation, he served until the end of the war. 

He is a member of the Association of Minute 
Men of '6i ; Past Pres. of the iSth Mass. Regt. of 
Vol. Asso.; a member of Fletcher Webster Post 
No. 13 G. A. R., at Brockton, Mass., his place of 
residence; also a member of all the different Ma- 
sonic Degree lodges in thatcitv; Aleppo Temple, 
N. M. Shrine, Boston; the I. 6. O. F. and N. E. 
O. P. of Brockton. 

On the reception and entertainment of the Grand 
Army at Boston, in August, 1K90, Representative 
Thomas (Citizen Thomas) of the City of Brock- 
ton, was appointed by Speaker Barrett as one of 
the legislative committee. — Brockton Daily Enter- 
prise, julv S, i8c,o. 

Of the 'individuals booked for the first transport 
headed for Chili, Mr. H. O. Thomas of Brockton, 
"Citizen Thomas," is eminent. — Boston Journal, 
Jan. 19, 1S90. 



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Rev. Edward A. Horton, Chaplain. 
U. S. Navy. (Minute Men of '61). 



Fred A. O'Connor, Newton Highlands. 
U. S. Navy. (Minute Men of '61). 





Samuel H. Turner, Medford, Mass. 

Co. E, 5th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 

Sergt. 39th Regt. Mass. Vols. 



WillianxE. Robinson, 1st Lieut. Co. 1,5th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). Born Feb. 27, 1833. 

Died Jan. 14, 1868, at Somerville. 



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Charles P. Whittle, 5th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). 



Comrade Whittle was horn in Charlestown, 
Mass., June 26, 1S41, and obtained his early educa- 
tion in the public schools of that district. He 
became a member of the old Charlestown Artillery 
when seventeen years of age. With most of that 
company, he hastened to offer his services to the 
country at the outbreak of the Rebellion, was made 
a sergeant, went to the front in the 5th Regiment, 
was in first Bull Run battle. Was recruiting offi- 
cer for city of Charlestown. He again enlisted and 
was ordered to North Carolina, where he took part 
in several battles in that State in the years 1S62-1S63. 

T ater on he was detailed by General Foster to 
position of Post Quartermaster at Plymouth, N. C, 
and filled that place with marked ability, returning 
with his regiment at end of service. lie again en- 
listed in 1S64 for the third time, was appointed First 
Lieutenant in 5th Regiment, served with it at the 
front until the expiration of its term. 

After the war lie was employed as salesman in a 
leading furniture establishment of Boston, and in 
1S6S, while quite a young man. embarked in manu- 
facturing on his own account, and with good judg- 
ment and enterprise to back him, made rapid and 
successful strides, and to-day is one of the leading 
manufacturers of furniture and store fixtures, with 
a large factory in East Boston and extensive ware- 
rooms at 129 Portland St., Boston. 

Comrade Whittle is a past commander of Abra- 
ham Lincoln Post 11, has filled all the offices of his 
post at different times, and in 1S93 was Department 
Inspector General. 



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Funeral Director 
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5th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

24th Mass. Vols. 1st U. S. C. Cav. 



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William F. Storey, Taunton. 
Co. B, 4th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 




Joseph Moulton, Winchester, Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Sergt. Co. H, 5th Mass., 9 months. 



Sergt. Benjamin L. Mitchell, 8th Mass. (Minute 

Men of '61). Lt. 8th for 9 mos. Lt. Mass. H. A. 

Born Jan. 24, 1824, died Oct. 8, 1895. 






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George E. Messer, Co. G, 5th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61), Concord, Mass. 



Corp. Zacheus Holmes, 1st Mass. Battery (Cooks). 

(Minute Men of '61). 

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Will photograph the Minute Men of '61 this April, 1900, on Custom House steps. 
Photographs of the Minute Men taken in previous years furnished if desired. 
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Druggists and 
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Telephone, Oxford 524. 




Capt. John W. Raymond, Beverly, Mass. 

8th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

Col. 23d Regt. Mass. Vol. 



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Charles D. Stiles, 5th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 
Capt. 22d Mass. Vol. 



Capt. Stuart F. McClearn, Co. B, 8th Regi- 
ment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, three 
months' term and nine months' term ; Cos. A and 
F, 4th Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery ; 
was mustered out June 17, 1S65. For last 12 years 
has been President of the Marblehead Minute 
Men's Association. Collector of Customs for the 
Port of Marblehead. 



Compliments 

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Retail Dealers. 




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(Minute Men of '61). Co. B, 8th, g months. 

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(Minute Men of '61). 

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Geo. F. Whitcomb, Co. I, 5th Regt., M. V. M., 

Capt. 30th Regt. Mass. Vol. 

Killed at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. 



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Captain Knott V. Martin was born in Marble- 
head, Mass., July n, 1S20, and died there Aug. 26, 
189S. He was captain of Co. C, Sth Regiment 
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia during the three 
months' campaign. He was made captain of Co. 
R, 23d Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers Nov. 
11, 1861, and served with distinction until his resig- 
nation May 20, 1863. He re-enlisted Feb. 24, 1S64, 
in the 5Sth Massachusetts Volunteers, was trans- 
ferred to the 59th Massachusetts Volunteers, and 
while first sergeant of Co. K was wounded June 3, 
1S64, and was promoted second lieutenant Oct. 7, 
1S64. 

Since the war he has been elected three times to 
the legislature, has served as postmaster of Marble- 
head for sixteen years, and has been honored with 
other evidences of the respect of his fellow citizens. 
He was loyal to the Veterans under all circum- 
stances and they revere his memory. 



Capt. Knott V. Martin, 8th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 
23d Mass., 53d Mass., 57th Mass. 




John E. Bickford was born in Dover, N. II., 
March 17, 1S3S, and enlisted April 15, 1S61, as pri- 
vate in Company E, 4th Massachusetts Volunteer 
Militia. The 4th Regiment arrived at Fortress 
Monroe at a critical period, and contributed greatly 
to the saving for the Union of that vitally impor- 
tant strategic position, with its vast stores of ord- 
nance and other supplies. Gen. "Winfield Scott 
regarded this fortification as more important from 
a purely military standpoint than Washington. 
Comrade Bickford was the first soldier to land at 
Fortress Monroe April 19, 1S61, and was at the 
Battle of Big Bethel June 10, 1S61. He enlisted 
July 24, 1862, as corporal in Co. C, 3Sth Massachu- 
setts Volunteers, and was promoted to sergeant, 
acting as first sergeant during the campaign of 
1864, in the Shenandoah Valley. He participated 
in the battles at Cane River and Port Hudson, La., 
and Opequan Creek, Berryville, Fisher's Hill and 
Cedar Creek in Virginia in 1864. He was wounded 
at Opequan Creek, also at Cedar Creek. He was 
an eye witness of the arrival of General Sheridan 
at front on October 19, 1S64, prior to the grand 
advance upon and the crushing defeat of the enemy. 

He was discharged June 30, 1865, at close of war, 
at Savannah, Ga. Since the Rebellion he has served 
as first lieutenant in the Massachusetts Volunteer 
Militia. Is now a resident of Whitman, Mass. 



John E. Bickford (Whitman, Mass.) Co. E, 4th Regt. 
(Minute Men of '61). Sergt. Co. C, 38th Mass. 




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(Minute Men of '61). Also Signal Corps 

U. S. Army. 



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(Minute Men of 61). 

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William N. Tyler, Wakefield, Co. B, 5th Mass. 

(Minute Men of 61). Co. E, 50th Mass. 

Sergt. Maj. 8th Regt. Mass. Vols. 



William Marland, Andover, Mass., Co. F, 6th Regt. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

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5th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '6t). 

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Geo. V. Barrett, Ayer, Mass. 6th Mass. 
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Maj. Asa M. Cook, Boston Light Artillery. 
(Minute Men of '61), and 8th Mass. Battery. 

Asa M. Cook was born in New Durham, N. H. 
in 1S23. His parents moved to Exeter, Me., in 
[824, and he was educated in the public schools ol 
that place. At the age of nineteen he cameto Bos- 
ton and was one of the original members, a ser- 
geant of Boston Light Artillery, and became its 
commander early in 1S61. At the first call for 
troops bv President Lincoln he responded with the 
Boston Light Artillery (known as Cook's Battery . 
participating in the operations under General But- 
ler at Baltimore. Belay House, Annapolis, etc., 
after this term of service returning to Massachu- 
setts; and in 1S62, at the request of Governor An- 
drew organized the 8th Massachusetts Battery for 
six months' service, participating in the battles of 
Second Bull Run, Cliantilly. South Mountain and 
Antietam. After the war he resumed his former 
position in the Custom House, a position he occu- 
pied for about thirty years. He has also carried on 
the teaming and express business for nearly a half 
century, making bis home in Reading, Mass. 



A. M. COOK t 

teamster and truckman, 

Office, 95 Cross Street, 
BOSTON, MASS. 



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(Minute Men of '61). Col. 3d Mass. Vols. 

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Capt. Edward A. Spear was born in Quincy, 
Mass., Dec. 16, 1S16, and died there June 2;, 1897. 
He enlisted from Quincy and was mustered in as 
1st Lieut, of Co. H,4th Regt. Mass. Infantry, April 
22, 1S61, to serve three months. Participated in en- 
gagements of Big Bethel and others during the 
term ; mustered out July 22, 1S61. 

Re-enlisted and mustered in as captain of Co. D> 
39th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inft., Aug. 14, 1S62, to serve 
for three years. Participated in the engagements at: 
Mine Run, Va., Nov. 26 to 30, 1863; Wilderness,Va., 
May 5 to 7; Laurel Hill, May S to 10; The Angle, 
May 12, 1S64; Spottsylvania, May 12 to iS; North 
Anna, 23 to 27; Bethesda Church, May 30; Cold 
Harbor, June 1 to 5, White Oak Swamp, June 10 to 
12; Petersburg, June 17 to 24, and Weldon R. R., 
July iS, 10, and Aug. (S to 21, 1S64. 

Was wounded in both engagements at Weldon R. 
R., and discharged for disability Sept. 9, 1S64. 
Since the war Captain Spear has been honored with 
many evidences of respect by his fellow townsmen. 
He was a member of Paul Revere Post 88 G. A. R. 



Lieut. Edward A. Spear, Co. H. 4th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Capt. Co. D, 39th Regt. Mass. Vols. 




Born at Bucksport, Me., May 30, 1S30. Engaged 
in newspaper publishing. Was at office of Governor 
Andrew when the call came for 75,000 and volun- 
teered on horseback to carry the order to companies 
in Middlesex and Essex Counties. 2d Lieut. 2d 
U. S. Cav., April 26, 1861 ; Lieutenant Colonel Sth 
Infantry, M. V. M.; engaged in securing Frigate 
Constitution from Annapolis; Colonel, May 16, 1S61 : 
colonel, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 3, 1861, and en- 
gaged at the action of Ball's Bluff, Yorktown, West 
Point, battles of Fair Oaks, Oak Grove, Peach Or- 
chard, Savage's Station, White Oak Swamp and 
Glendale (severely wounded). Rejoined command 
August, 1 S62, and engaged at the battles of Chan- 
tilly, South Mountain and Antietam (twice severely 
wounded). Brigadier-General U. S. Vols., Nov. 
29, 1S62; member of a general Court Martial. Com. 
manding draft rendezvous and assistant to Pro- 
vost Marshal General, and Superintendent Volun- 
teer Recruiting, commanding district of St. Mary's, 
Md., and depot of prisoners, Point Lookout, Md., 
to April, 1S64. Commanding 3d Division, 19th 
Corps Army of the James, to July, 1864; engages at 
the action of Baylor's Farm and Petersburg, June, 
1S64; president of a general Court Martial, July to 
September, 1864; commanding' draft rendezvous, 
Hart's Island. New York Harbor, January, 1S65. 
Brevet Major-General U. S. Vols.. March 13, 1S65; 
Lieutenant-Colonel 40th U. S. Infantry, July 2S, 
1S66; Brevet Colonel and Brigadier-General, U. S. 
Army, March 2, 1S67; retired Dec. 15, 1S70, on ac- 
count of wounds in line of duly. Died at Cambridge 
Feb. 14, 1894. 



Col. Edward W. Hincks, 8th Mass. Regt. 
(Minute Men of '61). Brig. Gen. U. S. Vol. 



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George A. Edson, Whitman, Mass. 

Co. E. 4th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

Sergt. ist Mass. Cav. 



George A. Edson was born in East Bridgewater, 
Mass., June 28, 1840, On the morning of the 16th 
of April. lSii. hewentto work in Hobart's steam 
mill carrying his dinner. Hearing Capt. Allen of 
South Abington was to leave with Co. E, 4U1 M. 
V. M. that morning for Boston, left his dinner pail 
at the mill, took the first conveyance he could se- 
cure for South Abington, joined Co. E. and went 
with them to the front. Served at Fortress Mon- 
roe, Newport News, and Hampton, Va., three 
months. Discharged at Boston, July 22, 1861. Re- 
enlisted Nov. 10. 1861, in Co. I, Ind. Battalion 
Mass. Cav. later the 4th, for three years. Promoted 
Corporal Aug. 11, 1863. Discharged Dec. 31, 1S63, 
to re-enlist. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1S64 in same Com- 
pany and Battalion for three years. Promoted 
Sergeant Aug 23, 1864, and ist Sergeant Jan. 1. 1865. 
IK participated m bittltC of Morris Island. Sl£g£ 
of Forts Wagner and Sumpter, S. C, Deep Bot- 
tom, Petersburg, High Bridge, Va., and others. 
While acting as Mounted Orderly for Brig.-Gen. J. 
B. Howell, at one of the many engagements with 
the enemy, the General having been made uncon- 
scious from the effects of the enemy's fire, Edson 
carried him to the rear, under a rain of shot and 
shell. For this and other acts of coolness and 
bravery, lie was earnestly recommended for promo- 
tion, in a letter written to Gov. Andrew by Gen. 
Howell. 1 le was taken prisoner at battle of High 
Bridge, April 6, 1865, but escaped Irom his captors 
the night following, reaching our lines in safety on 
the 9th inst., day of Lee's surrender. Was commis- 
sioned 2nd Lieutenant by Gov. Andrew, July 13, 
1S65. Later Edson's command acted as military po- 
lice in Richmond, Va., until Nov.,lS65, when he was 
finally, discharged at Boston. Mass., Nov. 14, 1865, 
after 'a continued service in his country's defense 
of four years and three months. Residence Whit- 
man, Mass. 





James P. Richardson was born in Framingham, 
Mass., in 1S21. He raised the first company for the 
war, in all the loyal North in Cambridge, Mass . in 
Jan., 1861, and was its Captain ; attached to the 3d 
Regt., M. V. M., during the three months' cam- 
paign; at Fortress Monroe and'at Hampton, Va. 
Subsequently he was commissioned Captain in the 
3Sth Regt. Mass. Infantry Vols, and promoted to 
lie Major in Dec. 1S62, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 
rune, 1S63. As such he commanded the regiment 
till the luth of September, 1864, when severely 
wounded at the battle of Opequan Creek in the 
Shenandoah Valley. On his recovery he was 
placed in command of the 3d Brigade, 2nd Division, 
19th Corps. He was mustered out with the regi- 
ment in July, 1865, and comu issioned a Lieutenant 
in the 17th U. S. Infantry and served as Judge- 
Advocate on the Stall's of Genls. Crosby and Rey- 
nolds in Texas till 1870 when he was appointed a 
judge of the 25th District Court in Texas. He 
then resigned his commission in the army; still 
resides in Austin, Texas. 



James P. Richardson, Austin, Texas, 3d Mass. Regt. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Lieut. Col. 38th Mass. Vols. 



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Simeon H. Barrows, So. Weymouth, Mass. 

3d Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 

29th Regt. Mass. Vols. 



Simeon II. Barrows was horn in Carver, Mass., 
March, 1828. Moved to Plymouth in 1849; enlisted 

at Plymouth, 1861, for the "3d Mass. Infantry Min- 
ute Men three months, then the 1st Battalion In- 
fantry, then in Co. E, 29th Mass. Infantry; was at 
the battle of Big Bethel, wounded at Hampton, \"a., 
while on picket, was taken to the regiment hospi- 
tal for three days, was sent to the General Hygiene 
hospital, where I was more than a month, where 
my wound, shot through the hand, was only dressed, 
not operated upon and I laid there and suffered all 
a man could and live, more than a month, until my 
Captain, who was away, supposing I was cared for, 
arrived at Newport News. His first move was to 
look after me; he saw how I was, could not live but 
a short time there in that shape, and in less than 
three hours he had me carried aboard the steamer 
Spaulding, for home; I could not be moved on the 
cars ; he worked as a man that was bound to save my 
life and he did. I lived to get home, was operated 
upon and improved and went back to my regiment 
with the use of only one hand. I went from there 
to the Hygiene hospital as steward; detailed on the 
gunboat, White Hall, on the night of the 8th of 
March to help discharge the Minnesota; was on 
the boat and met the "Cheese Box" on a raft early 
on the 9th ; it was named by one of our crew. We 
had two men killed on the White Hall; 1 was on 
the ambulance train that run night and day to take 
the wounded as they fell out, and carried them to 
the Hygiene hospital where they could be cared 
lor through the seven days' fight. Soon after that 
blood poison set in with the loss of the use of both 
hands, the cause neglect of wounds; never was oft 
duty until I was wounded; all this by neglect of 
wound or surgeon ; I have suffered ever since with 
ulcers all over me, and I still live, and so does 
Major Doten, 87 years old; his good deeds like 
that keep him with us and able to move around 
with us. S. H. Barrows was discharged at Fortress 
Monroe June 12, 1863. 







Ca.pt. Lewis Soule was born in Charlestown, 
Mass. May 31, 1834, and for several years prior to 
war of the Rebellion was a member of 4th Regt. 
M. V . M.; active for its growth and continuance. 
At breaking out of the Civil War, and on the issue 
of Special Order No. 14, by Gov. John A. Andrew, 
April 15, 1S61, he reported with his Co., E, in Boston 
on the following morning, the 16th, at 8:15 A.M. for 
duty as 1st Lieutenant 01 the company. He served 
with this command at Fortress Monroe, New- 
port News, Hampton, Va., for the period of three 
months; mustered out July 22, 1S61 ; again re-en- 
listed Sept. 24, 1S62. and entered this service as 
Captain in the 4th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inf., Co. E, for 
ter m of nine months, participating in the following 
engagements: B island, La., April 13, 1863, the 
storming column at Port Hudson, June 14, 1S63, and 
in the siege of that place for lortv-five days ; mus- 
tered out at expiration of term of service, August 
2S, 1S63. 

Re-entered the service of his country as Captain 
of the 20th Company, Unattached Mass. Vols, 
serving at Fort Sewall, Marblehead, Mass. ; dis- 
charged at close of war. 

Capt. Soule was an active and earnest comrade 
of the G. A. R. and a charter member of Post 78 of 
Whitman, Mass., filling with honor and fidelity 
many important offices of responsibility and trust 
in the Post, up to the date of his death] which oc- 
curred at his home in Whitman, March 10, 1900, 
his sudden decease preventing his attending the 
anniversary of Minute Men in April of this pres- 
ent year. 



Lieut. Lewis Soule, Whitman, Mass. 

Co. E, 4th Mass. (Minute Men of '6i). 

Capt. 4th Mass. Vols. 9 mos. 



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Henry A. Dickson was horn in Groton, Mass., 
July 2, 1837. 1Ie enlisted in Co. B, 6th Mass. 
V. M. and went out under the first call for three 
months' troops. 

Enlisted again July 11, 1862, in Co. PI, 33d Regt. 
Mass. Vol. Inft. for three years. At the organiza- 
tion of the regiment was made a sergeant; July 1, 
1S63 was promoted to 1st sergeant. 

At the battle of Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1S64, re- 
ceived a nun shot wound in the right shoulder, hut 
recovered from it sufficiently to get back to the 
regiment ten days before they started on the famous 
inarch "from Atlanta to the Sea." In every battle 
and engagement in which the regiment participated 
with the exception of the time between May 15 and 
Nov. 1, [S64, and was never oft duty a week in the 
whole three years on account of sickness. Com- 
missioned 1st Lieut Nov. 3, 1.S64, and discharged 
with the regiment June 11. 1865. 

A resident of Fitchburg (town and city) for the 
past 55 years, and a member of the City Common 
Council for the year 1S0J. 



Henry A. Dickson, Fitchburg, Mass. 

6th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

33d Regt. Mass. Vols. 




Edward K. Davis was born at Haverhill, Mass., 
June 10, 1S19. Enlisted at President Lincoln's 
"first call April 15, 1S61, in the 5th M. V. M. as pri- 
vate. Re-enlisted August, iS6i, in the 19th as ser- 
geant. 

His father, John Davis, of the same town, served 
in the Haverhill Light Infantry in the war of 1S12, 
and after his discharge went as privateer. Was 
taken prisoner by Admiral Brock and carried to 
Halifax. 

His grandfather, William Davis, fought at Bun- 
ker Hill, and his great-grandfather in the French 
and Indian war and in every battle of the Revolu- 
tion in which Washington was engaged. His 
maternal grandfather, Jonathan Moore, was also a 
soldier of the Revolution and brother of Major- 
General Moore, one of Washington's aids. 



Edward Kimball Davis Maiden. 

5th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

Sergt. igth Regt. Mass. Vols 



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Comrade James H. Leonard born at East Bridge- 
water, Mass., April 14, 1S41, responded with 4th 
.Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61), proceeded to 
Fortress Munroe, Va., participating in every im- 
portant engagement. Nearly the entire regiment 
again volunteered for three years. Afterwards or- 
ganized as the 29th Regt. Mass. Vols. Comrade 
Leonard being assigned to Co. C. The engage- 
ments of the regiment are recorded as Hampton 
Roads, Gaines Mills, Savage's Station, White Oak 
Swamp, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, 
Fredericksburg, Jackson, Blue Springs, Siege of 
Knoxville, Campbell's Station, Cold Harbor, Pe- 
tersburg, Weldon Railroad, Fort Steadman. Com- 
rade Leonard was twice wounded (quite severely 
at Antietam), was discharged May 21, 1S64. Later 
re-entered the service in the Commissary Depart- 
ment, and a portion ot the time served as mounted 
orderly to General Williams of General Grant's 
staff. Now resides at Cochesset, Mass. 



James H. Leonard, Cochesset, Mass. 

Co. L, 4th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

29th Regt. Mass. Vols. 




James L. Sherman, Providence, R. I. 
4th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 
1st Lt. and Adjt. 23d Mass. Vols. 



Horn in "Sheldonville," YVrentham, Mass., Oct. 
11, 1S41, of Revolutionary ancestors. His maternal 
great-grandfather, Joseph Shepard, Jr., was one of 
the Minute Men of 1775-6, at Concord, Bunker Hill 
and Rhode Island. Of his ancestors and kinsmen 
on paternal side, many are found who distinguished 
themselves both in peace and war. 

Early in life he removed to Foxborough, Mass., 
where he was being educated in the public and 
private schools, up to the day of the first call of 
President Lincoln for troops. 

He first enlisted for three months, as private in 
Co. F, 4th Mass. Reg., "Warren Light Guards," 
on April 16, 1861. On his return home he enlisted 
as a private in Co. K, 33d Mass. Regt. for three 
years; was promoted to corporal, sergeant, 2nd 
lieutenant, 1st lieutenant and adjutant, and was 
. mustered out on last rank Oct. 13, 1S64. 

He married Feb. 12, 1S64, Eunice D. Burgess, of 
Providence. II. I., whose great grandfather, Na- 
thaniel Phillips, of R. I., served in the Revolution 
and was a captain and quarter maste. on the staff 
of General Washington. 

His youngest son. James G. S. Sherman, was one 
of the Minute Men in the late Spanish-American 
war, serving as a private in the U. S. Marine Corps. 

Residence, Providence, R. I., and P. O. address 
City Hall, where he would be pleased to greet any 
of his old comrades. 






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Maj. Austin S. Cushman, East Orange, N. J. 

Major Austin Sprague Cushman of New Bid- 
ford, was born in Duxbury, Mass., Sept. o, [827. 
On his mother's side, his grandfather was Hon. 
Seth Sprague, 8r., a prominent opponent of shivery. 
The eldest son of Rev. W. Cushman, D. D., first 
pastor of Bowdoin Square Church, Boston, lineal 
descendant of Eider Thomas Cushman, agent of 
the pilgrims in 1020 who fitted out the Mayflower 
and the Speedwell. 

He prepared for college at the New Hampton 
Academy; entered Brown University while yet in 
his seventeenth year and graduated in the class of 
1S48. He served a year as a clerk in the War De- 
partment at Washington, D. C, under Hon. Wil- 
liam L. Marev, and resigned to study law in the 
office of his uncle, Hon. Peleg Sprague, Judge of 
the U. S. District Court in Boston. He aided Dr. 
Stone in reporting the " WebsterTrial" lor Phillips 
& Sampson, and was employed by the U. S. Dis- 
trict Attorney George Lunt, as a phonographer in 
the Rescue cases under the Fugitive Slave Law of 
1S50. In 1S52 he became a private secretary to 
President Fillmore, and at the close of his adminis- 
tration was appointed a 3d Lieutenant in the U. S. 
Revenue Service. He was admitted to the Boston 
bar in 1S54. Took up his residence in New Bed- 
ford and became interested in military matters ; was 
commissioned 3d Lieutenant Co. L (New Bedford 
City Guards), 3d Regt. M. V. M. In 1S57 was the 
first in line to respond affirmatively at the calling of 
the Company roll in pursuance of the governor's 
preliminary order lor voluntary service outside the 
State. On the evening of April 13, 1861, he casually 
learned that his Company had been ordered to Bos- 
ton, and hastened to the armory at once. On en- 
tering Captain Ingraham inquired, "Is not a single 
officer going with me?" 

"Yes," responded Lieutenant Cushman. "Cap- 
tain, 1 am going." In fact he was the only officer 
who went and stayed and returned with the Com- 
pany from the time it lelt the armory. He was pro- 
moted adjutant of the regiment April 17, and ren- 
dered service at Fortress Monroe, Gosport Navy 
Yard and Hampton, Va., during the term of three 
months. He married in October. 1861. 

Yet in August, 1862 he recruited a company and 



was commissioned captain of Co. D, 47th Mass. 
Inf. Vols. ; was promoted major Nov. 7, [862. 
Served in the Department of the Gulf and became 
a member of the U. S. Sequestration Commission. 
Honorably mustered out Sept. 1, 1S63. 

He resided from 1S72 to 1SS0 in Switzerland where 
he educated his daughters. He has held various 
civil offices, such as U. S. Commissioner, U. S. 
Register in Bankruptcy, Register of Probate for 
Bristol County. Member of the Common Council 
and Presidentof the School Board: and has been 
identified with several social or fraternal organi- 
zations. He joined the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic Sept. 25, iSo'>, and became the first post com- 
mander in the New England States, Provisional 
Commander of the Department of Massachusetts, 
and was elected the first commander of that Depart- 
ment. He has held many prominent positions in 
the order and chartered the first c;2 Posts in Massa- 
chusetts and the first in New Hampshire. He is 
now sojourning at 15 State St., East Orange, N. J., 
and actively engaged in promoting the establish- 
ment of a National University. 



Peter N. Sprague was born in Hingham, Dec. 16,. 
1826. Sergeant in Co. I, 4th Regt. M. V. M., Lin- 
coln Light Infantry, and was 3 months at Fortress 
Monroe, Newport News and Hampton, Va., April 
to July, 1861. In May 26, 1862, appeared on Boston 
Common for active service as 2nd Lieutenant. 
Services not required and sent home. Captain Co. 
I, 4th Regt. M. V. M. June li,, 1S62. Honorably 
discharged Sept. 29, 1S62. Commissioned 2d Lieut. 
55th Mass. Infantry Co. A, Sept. 24, 1S04. 1st Lieut. 
April 1, 1S65. Mustered out Aug. 29, 1865, at Mount 
Pleasant, S. C, and finally discharged at Galloupes 
Island, Boston Harbor, Sept. 25, 1865. Served at 
James Island, Honey Hill and siege of Charleston, 

s. c. 




Peter N. Sprague, Hingham, Mass. 

Co. I, 4th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 

Capt. 4th and 55th Mass. Vols. 



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C. A. R. Dimon, 8th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. 



Born in Fairfield, Conn., April 27, 1S41. Private 
Co. J.Sth Mass., April 16, 1S61. Mustered out Aug. 
1, 1S61. At Camp Chase, Lowell, October, 1S61. 
Organized 30th Mass. Vols. Appointed adjutant, 
and mustered in Feb. 20, 1S62. 

Service in 30th Mass.: Ship Island, Mississippi, 
February, 1S62; at siege and bombardment Forts 
Jackson and St. Philip, April, 1S62; capture of New 
"Orleans, April, 1S62: first siege and bombardment 
at Vicksburg, Hiss., June and July, 1S62; Battle of 
Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 1S62; promoted to major, 2nd 
La. White Vols., Oct. 20, 1S62. 

Service in 2nd La. Vols. : Battle of Plains Store, 
La., May, 1863; first reconnoissance toward Port 
Hudson/May 10, 1S63; siege of Port Hudson, May 
15 to June 30, 1S63; first assault on Port Hudson, 
May 27, 1S63, and volunteered for storming party ; 
second assault on Port Hudson, June 22, 1S63, in 
command of regiment. 

Discharged for disability June 30, 1S63. 

Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st U. S. Vols, (enlisted pris- 
oners of war at Point Lookout, Md.), April 1, 1S64; 
Organized regiment. Colonel, Aug. 5, 1S64. 

Servive in 1st U. S. Vols. : provost duty at Nor- 
folk, Va., February, 1S64; expedition to Suffolk, 
Va., February, 1S64; expedition to Currituck Sound, 
N. C., June, 1S64; ordered with regiment from Vir- 
ginia to subdue Indian outbreak in Minnesota and 
Dakota Territory, September, 1S64; service in Indian 
expeditions in Dakota Territory until November, 
1S65; mustered out with regiment at Fort Leaven- 
worth, Kan., Nov. 27, 1S65. 

Military Chief of Police in Mobile, Ala., in 1S66 
and 1S67. 

Received commission as Brevet Brigadier-Gen- 
eral U. S. Vol. "for gallant and meritorious service 
during the war," March 13, 1S65. 

Commander of Post 42 G. A. R., Lowell, three 
terms. 

For last twenty-eight years agent of the United 
States Cartridge Company, Lowell. 




The bombardment of Fort Sumter began on April 
12, 1861 ; on the 15th Henry Walker enlisted, being 
the first Harvard graduate to do so for the suppres- 
sion of the Rebellion. He bad previously studied 
law in the office of Hutchins & Wheeler. He was 
appointed adjutant of the 4th Mass., and was at his 
post in the battle of Big Bethel. In the autumn of 
the same year he was appointed lieutenant colonel 
of his regiment, which was reported by Colonel 
Emory, chief of ordnance, "to be in better condition 
than any militia regiment in the State." When not 
engaged in the field, Colonel Walker enlisted troops 
at home, being also the first to engage volunteers in 
Massachusetts for service in the war. In 1S62 he 
was appointed colonel of the 4th Regt., was ordered 
to New Orleans, thence to Baton Rouge, then to 
Port Hudson, where he took part in the famous as- 
sault. Colonel Walker was honorably discharged 
from the army, and has received this endorsement 
of General Banks : "He was an honorable and patri- 
otic officer." Col. Walker was in command of the 
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. upon their 
pilgrimage to England in 1S97. 



Col. Henry Walker, 42 Court St., Boston. 
(Minute Men of '61). Col. 4th Mass. Regt. 



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Edward Franc Jones, born Utica, N. Y., June 
3d, 1828. Colonel 6th Mass.V. M. (Baltimore, April 
19, 1861). Colonel 26th Mass. Vols. Bvt. Brig. 
Gen. U. S. Vols. Lieut. -Governor State of New 
York 1SS5-1S92. 



Col. Edward F. Jones, Binghamton, N. Y. 
6th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 



Compliments of 

A WOMAN 

who appreciates the fact that it was the 
Minute Men of 1S61, who, by their 
promptness, made it possible for her to 
enjoy the blessings of a Free Country, 
notwithstanding that she lost a father and 
two brothers in the service. 




Hon. George A Reed was born at Concord, 
Mass., Sept. 10th, 1842. Enlisted in Co. E, 6th 
Mass. V. M., went with the regiment through 
Baltimore, April 19th, 1S61, as private. Sept. 5th, 
1S61, enlisted in the 26th Mass. Regt.; served un- 
der command of Gen. B. F. Butler in Louisiana as 
corporal and sergeant. Jan. 14th, 1864, re-enlisted 
in the 26th Mass. Regt.; was mustered out Sept. 
25th, 1S65. Was with Gen. Grant at City Point, 
Ya., with Gen. P. II. Sheridan in the Shenandoah 
Valley Nov. 1st; was appointed Special Mail Mes- 
senger for Generals Sheridan and Hancock; was 
commissioned as Second Lieutenant. After re- 
turning to Massachusetts made his home in Fram- 
ingham ; was elected three years on the Board of 
Selectmen, and in 18S9 served in the Massachusetts 
House of Representatives ; was elected a member 
of the State Senate in 1S95 and re-elected in 1S96; 
has been in the employ of the B. & A. R. R. 34 
years, and as train conductor. 29 years; is a past 
commander of Post 142 G. A. R. ; past president 
of the old 6th and 26th Mass. Regimental Associ- 
ations ; member of the various Masonic bodies; 
Aleppo Temple N. of M. Shrine, Boston; the I. O. 
O. F.; Order Railroad Conductors, No. 157; Fair 
Oaks Command, No. 20, U. V. U. ; Middlesex 
Club. 



George A. Reed, Saxonville, Mass. Co. E, 6th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Lieut. 26th Regt. Mass. Vols. 



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Maj. James Brown, born in Swansea, Mass. 
Sept. 19, 182S. Graduated Brown University 1850. 
Admitted Bristol County Bar 1S52. Resided in 
Taunton, Mass. Was corporal in (Taunton Light 
Guard) Company G, M. V. M., when Governor 
Andrew called for troops. Left home April 16, 
1861 for three months. On his return raised Com- 
pany (B of the 33d Mass.) of which he was com- 
missioned captain, afterwards major. Resigned 
summer of 1S63. "Was twice elected Representa- 
tive to Legislature, also to Senate. Died Feb. ig, 
1S93. 



James Brown, Taunton, Mass. 

4th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 

Maj. 33d Mass. Vol. 



Was born in Rumford, Me., Aug. 19, 1S37. At 
the breaking out of the war was in Boston, in the 
hardware business with the late Benj. Callender. 
When President Lincoln's "first call" was made 
for 75,000 men, without an hour's notice he left his 
citizen's dress in the store and put on a "loyal" uni- 
form. Enlisting in Co. I (afterwards Co. B), 
Somerville Light Infantry, Capt. Geo. O. Brastow, 

Notwithstanding lie re. enlisted after his first 
term of service, he has always looked upon the an- 
swer to that first call, as the most patriotic of them 
all, for he left a business paying him a handsome 
income to enlist as a private, because his country 
called. 




Wm. T. Eustis, Dixfield, Me. 
5th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 
Adjutant 5th Mass. 9 months. 



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Wm. B. Lemmon was a private in Co. B, Sth 
Mass. Regiment, commanded by Colonels Timo- 
thy Monroe and Edward W. Ilinks. He enlisted 
April 15, 1861, for three months and was discharged 
at Boston the rirst day of August, 1S61. 

He again enlisted as corporal in the 10th Mass. 
Battery, Aug. 16, 1862, to serve three years, and 
was discharged June 9, 1S65, at Galloupes Island, 
Boston, Mass., by reasons of expiration of service. 

The following list comprises the principle bat- 
tles in Virginia in which Wm. B. Lemmon was 
engaged : Auburn, Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, "Wil- 
derness, River Po, Spottsylvania, North Anna 
River, Tolopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, Siege of 
Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Reams Station, Boyaton 
Plank Road, Hatcher's Bun, 1st and 2nd, Lee's Re- 
treat, Lee's Surrender, etc. 



William B. Lemmon, Marblehead, 8th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Corp. 10th Mass. Battery. 




William Stuart Stirling was born in Clarkson 
Toll, Scotland, July 18, [841, enlisted April 16, 1S61, 
Co. A, Sth Regt., Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 
during the three months' campaign; discharged 
Aug. 1, 1S61. Enlisted Sept. 4, 1S61, Co. A, 23d 
Regt. Massachusetts Volunteers, promoted cor- 
poral, Dec 17, 1S02, wounded at Whitehall, N. C, 
Dec. 16, 1S62, and at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 
1864; discharged Oct. 13, 1S64; enlisted as second 
sergeant, acting as first sergeant, March 29, 1S65, 
Co. D, o_'d Regt. Massachusetts Volunteers; dis- 
charged May 5, 1865. Belonged to the army and 
navy Union while in existence; mustered in June 
17, 1S70. Post 40 G. A. R., Newburypoit, Mass. 



William S. Stirling, Co. A, 8th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 
23d Mass. Vols, and 62nd Mass. Vols. 



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Major Genera] Ambrose Everett Burnside was 
of Scotch descent, and was horn at Liberty, Union 
County, Indiana, May 23, 1S24; died at Bristol, R. 
I.. Sept. 13, 1SS1. 1 1 is war record is well known 
to all. 

He responded to the "FIRST CALL" on one 
hour's notice, and was ready for the great work 
before him. After his retirement from the army. 
he honored the office of Governor of Rhode Island, 
from 1866 to [869, and represented the State in Con- 
gress, as United States Senator, from 1875 to the 
da) of his death. Sept. 13, 18S1, and was buried at 
Swan Point Cemetery. Providence, R. I., on the 
[6th day of September, 1S81, with all the honors 
that the State and Nation could give. 



w^^cjjvi^j 



Ambrose E. Burnside, 1st Rhode Island Regt. 
(Minute Men of '61). Maj. Gen. U. S. Vol. 




Capt. Walter Scott Sampson was born in Kings- 
ton, Mass., on Feb. 22. 1S35. son of Benjamin and 
Sarah (Bradford) Sampson. lie was on both sides 
descended from the old Pilgrim stock. His educa- 
tion was obtained in the district schools of his 
native town, and at the age of eighteen he came to 
Boston and engaged in the occupation of mason 
He early became identified with the militia, and on 
the outbreak of the Rebellion was captain of Co. 
K, 6th M. V. M., which company he commanded 
during the three months' campaign of 1S61. Re- 
turning to Boston from this service, he was made 
captain in the 22d United States Volunteers, and 
with that command took part in the operations of 
the Army of the Potomac until the latter part oi 
1S62. Upon his return to civil lite, he resumed his 
occupation as a builder and achieved great success. 
He erected many prominent buildings, notably the 
New Court House. He has been active in Grand 
Army work, having been commander of Charles 
Russell Lowell Post 7 G. A. R. for several years ; 
is a member of the A. & H. A. Co., and on their 
memorable visit to England was bearer of the 
State Flair. 



Capt. Walter S. Sampson, Co. K, 6th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61), and 22d Mass. Regt. 



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James E. Bates, Whitman, Mass. 4th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). 
Sergt. 38th Mass. Vols. 
James E. Bates, born in South Weymouth, Jan. 
17, 1S37. Entered service April, 1S61, in Co. E, 4th 
M. V. M. for three months; serving- at Fortress 
Monroe, Newport News, and Hampton, Va.; mus- 
tered out at Boston Harbor July 22, 1S61. Re-enlisted 
July 24, 1862, in Co. C, 3Sth Mass. Vols, for three 
years. Promoted 1st Sergt. Aug., 1S62; 1st Lieut. 
June 27, 1S65. Was with regiment in the following 
engagements: — Battle of Bisland, La.; the two 
assaults upon Port Hudson, La., May and June, 
1863; Siege of that stronghold forty-five days; battle 
of Cane River, La. Mustered out at Savannah, Ga., 
June 30, 1S65. He considers the promptness with 
which the Minute Men of '61 answered the call of 
Lincoln, the occupation of Fortress Monroe by the 
Minute Men of '61, and the part the 38th Regiment 
took in opening Mississippi River as among im- 
portant events of his army service. 

Comrade Bates makes no claim to an exceptional 
record of service as a soldier, but takes a just pride 
in the conscious feeling that he had an humble part 
as a Minute Man of '61, and later as a citizen soldier 
in the ranks, in the conflict and sacrifice that throttled 
treason, crushed a reasonless rebellion, overthrew 
human slavery under a free Mag, saved the country 
to its larger and better liberty, established forever an 
enduring Union of Free States, and made the one 
flag — OLD GLORY — to be honored by the whole 
world. 

A charter member of Post 7S, Whitman ; was 
Adjt. and Commander several years; representative 
National Encampment, 1891 ; the Counsel of Admin- 
istration Dept. Mass., 1S93, and Postmaster at Whit- 
man, Mass., four years under President Harrison. 



James D. Alley, Lynn, Mass. 8th Mass. 

fMinute Men of '61 . 

Hospital Steward 8th Mass. g mos. 

James D. Alley enlisted April 15, 1S61 , as private 
in Co. D, 8th Regt., Lynn, Mass. Detailed as 
Hospital Steward in Washington, D. C, April 30, 
1861, and served in that capacity until Regt. was 
mustered out. Again enlisted in nine months 
service Co. D, 8th Regt., Sept 19, 1862 ; mustered out 
Aug. 7, 1S63. He was one of four brothers (all there 
were) whose total service was thirteen and a-half 
years. All came home and were members of Post 
5 G. A. R., the oldest brother having died during 
past year. 



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Sergt. William J. Bowen, Newton Centre. 

Co. D, 3d Battalion Rifles 

(Minute Men of '61 h 



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3d Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

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6th Mass. Mirn-te Men of '61). 



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(Minute Men of '6i\ Col. 26th Reg. Mass. Vols. 









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(Minute Men of '61). Co. C, 29th Mass. 

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Wm. H. Sweet, Foxboro, Mass 
Co. F, 4th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '6i 



Capt. Wm. R. Black, r Taunton, 
Co. G, 4th Mass. (Minute Men of '6i 




Albert Simmons, Plymouth, Mass. 

4th Mass. Minute Men of '6i). 

Cc. E, 29th Mass. Vols. 



Col. Abner B. Packard, Quincy, Mass. 
4th Regt. Mass. Vols. (Minute Men of '6i). 




Thomas H. Cook, Brockton, Mass. 4th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61 ). 7th Regt. Mass. Vols. 



Stephen H. Davis, West Somerville, Mass. 

Co. D, 5th Mass. Minute Men of '61). 

Also 15th Maine Vols. 









Alvin P. Vaughn, Middleboro, Co. H, 3d Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61), 

and Lieut. Co. I, gth Vermont Vols. 



John H. Church, Taunton, Mass. 
Co. G, 4th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 



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Edward T. Chandler, Somerville, Mass. 
3d Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 22nd Mass. Vols. 

Edward T. Chandler was horn in Lexington, 
Mass., Feb. 2S, 1840. Son of the late Gen. Samuel 
Chandler who served with distinction in the nth 
U. S. Infty. in the war oi 1S12. Me was the first to 
enlist from Lexington, enlisting in Co. C, 3d Mass. 
April 16, 1S61, the first Company organized in the 
United States for the war. Mustered out July 20, 
1861 ; re-enlisted for three years in Co. F, 22nd 
Mass. Discharged at expiration of term of service. 
Participated in the following engagements: De- 
struction of Norfolk Navy Yard, April 20, 1861, 
Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Hanover Court House, seven 
days' right before Richmond, Antietim and Wilder- 
ness, Va., where he was wounded in the second 
day's battle. Residence Somerville. 



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Samuel E. Chandler. 5th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). Sergt. 12th Mass. Vols. 

Lieut, and Adjt. 7th Missouri Cav. 

Samuel E. Chandler was born in Lexington, 
Mass., Sept. 2, 1S37. Son of the late Gen. Samuel 
Chandler of Lexington. He enlisted in Co. K, 5th 
Mass., was wounded and taken prisoner at the first 
battle of Bull Run, taken to Richmond; was the 
first "Yankee" admitted to the hospital in Libhy 
Prison. He was released on the 22nd of February 
following. Re-enlisted in the 12th Mass. as ser- 
geant, promoted to 2nd sergeant, discharged to ac- 
cept promotion as 1st lieutenant and adjutant of 
the 7th Mo. Cav. While at Little Rock, Ark., was 
appointed assistant provost marshal 7th Army 
Corps, where he served till close of the war. Since 
the war he was chief accountant at the Charlestown 
Navy Yard ten years and left to become City Audi- 
tor of Cambridge 1S78, which he held up to his 
death Feb. 22, 1SS1. 



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Feathers Curled, Cleansed or Dyed. 

General Laundry Work. 



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George Sidney 'Whiting, Co. M, 3d Mass. (Minute John T. Coe, Oakland, Cal. Co. D, 8th Mass. (Min- 
Men;of/6i). Co. B, 29th Mass.? 8th Vet. Vols. ute Men of '61). Age 15 in 1861. Admiral 

Born Nov. 21, 1837. Died June 10, 1897. Porter Post 333, Oakland. 



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Geo. A. J. Colgan, as he went in the Old Sixth. 




Geo. A. J. Colgan, Boston, Mass. Co. K, 6th 
Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. 



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Every corner of our store is 
flooded with daylight and pure 
air. Everybody says it is 
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Have you seen it ? 

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Edward T. Lincoln, 40. Humboldt Ave., Roxbury. 
nth 111. Vols. (Minute Men of 61 ). 2d 111. Art. 
U. S. N. Warships Dolson, Brown, Robb and Pere. 



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Albert Keating, Quincy, Mass. Fifer 4th Mass. 



Warren Rickard, 3d Mass. Regt. 



(Minute Men of '61). 



Lieut. 4th Mass. Vols. (Minute Men of '61), and 326 Mass. Vols. Died 18 



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Geo. W. G. Davis, Boston, Mass. Co. C, 5 th Mass. Robert Josselyn, Wollaston (Quincy), Mass. 

(Minute Men of 61). Co. G, 22d Mass Vols. Co. H, 4 th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of 6x). 



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Alonzo M. Shaw, Taunton. Co. F, 4th Mass. 
(Minute Men of 61). 1st Mass. Cav. 

Alonzo M. Shaw enlisted in Co. F, 4th Re^t. 
Mass. Vol. Militia April 15, 1861, serving at For- 
tress Monroe and vicinity, and re-entered the ser- 
vice Sept. 19, 1S61, in 1st Mass. Vol. Cav. Served 
in South Carolina and Florida and was at the bat- 
tle of St. James Bluff in latter State; was disabled 
0:1 picket duty at Barnwell's Plantation and was 
li morably discharged April 22, 1863. 



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4th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

29th Regt. Mass. Vols. 




Sergt. J. Murray Atwood, Plymouth, Mass. 

3d Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

29 h and 36th Mass. Vols. 



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Lewis^'Goulding, Whitman, Mass. 4th Regt. Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). Hospital Steward. 



Caleb T. Robbins, Plymouth. 4th Mass. Regt. 
(Minute Men of '61). Co. E, 29th Mass. Vols. 



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Benj. F. Butler, Past Pres. Minute Men of '61. 
Maj. Gen. U. S. Vol. 



Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler, born at Deer- 
field, N. H., Nov. g, 1S1S, was a prominent citizen 
and lawyer at Lowell, Mass., and an officer in the 
Massachusetts Militia. The prompt response of 
the Minute Men of Massachusetts of which he was 
a member sent a chill to the hearts of rebel sym- 
pathizers; appointed Brig. Gen. Mass. Vols. April 
17, 1S61. Took possession of Annapolis, Md., 
April 21, gaining possession of the ship Constitu- 
tion and opening the route to Washington, en- 
tered and occupied Baltimore May 13, [made Maj. 
Gen. U. S. Vols. May 16, 1S61. Assigned to com- 
mand of'Fortrcss Monroe and Department of Easfc 
ern Virginia; captured Forts Hatteras and Clark- 
N.C., August, 1S01 ; engaged in organizing an expe- 
dition for Gull" of Mexico and the Mississippi ; took 
possession ol New Orleans, La., May 1, 1862 at its 
capture by naval forces. Placed in command of 
Department of Virginia and North Carolina and 
Army of the James, November, 1S63; occupied City 
Point and Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 5, 1S64. It 
Was Gen. Butler who first declared the negro con- 
traband of war. thus making a great change in 
condition ol military affairs. Placed in command 
of military torces in New York city during the riots 
of October, 1S64; commanded the expedition against 
Fort Fisher, N. C, December, 1S64. His services 
for his country are well known to a grateful people. 

He resigned Nov. 30, 1S65. Elected Governor of 
Massachusetts, 1883. Died at Washington, D. C, 
I an. 11, 1893. 



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George H. Shaw, Middleboro, Mass. 

Co. K, 3d Mass. (Minute Men of '61 

Corp. Co. B, 3d Mass. Regt. 9 mos. 



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Judson W. Oliver, Somerville, Mass. 

Co. I, 5th Mass. (Minute Men of'6ij. 

Sergt. Co. E, 39th Mass. Vols. 



Comrade James Watters, 

Bugler (Cooks) 1st Mass. Lt. Battery 

(Minute Men of '61). 



Judson W. Oliver, Co. I, 5th Massachusetts Vol- 
unteer Militia, three months' service. Serjeant 
Co. E, 39th Massachusetts Volunteers, was pris- 
oner at Belle Isle and Libby lor six months. Mus- 
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Elisha N. Peirce, Waltham, Mass. 5th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). Lieut. 5th Mass. 9 mos., 

and Signal Corps. 

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George A. Foxcroft. April, 1861. Co. D, 8th Mass. Regt. 
3 months. Co. F, 24th Mass. Regt. 3 years. 



The proudest^moment in the life of Com- 
rade Foxcroft came to him on the 17th of 
April, 1861, when under the roof of old 
Faneuil Mall he took oft his citizen's clothes- 
and put on in exchange the tall bear. skin, 
hat, the red coat with white cross-belts, the 
black pants with a white side stripe, all be- 
longing- to a member of the Lynn Light In- 
fantry, who, at the last moment was obliged 
by his father to withdraw, and went home- 
wearing Foxcroft's clothes. 

Comrade Foxcroft remained with this 
Lynn company, under the command of Capt. 
George T. Newhall, forming part of the Sth 
Mass. Regt. during the three months' cam- 
paign and soon after being mustered out, he 
re-enlisted for three years in the 24th Mass- 
Retrt. in the company commanded by Capt. 
Robert F. Clark, the present chairman of 
the Boston Board of Police, and one of the 
most able line officers who ever went from 
Massachusetts. 

Although living at present in Winthrop, 
Foxcroft is a Boston boy, descended in a 
direct line from Col. Francis Foxcroft, who 
fought in King Phillip's War, and who was 
a member of the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery Company as long ago as 1679. He 
has the honor of belonging to E. W. Kins- 
ley Post 1 1.5 of the G. A. R.; the Mass. 
Minute Men of 1861 ; the Mass. Roanoke 
Association ; the Winthrop War Veteran's 
Association ; the Mass. Society Sons of the 
Revolution; the A. and H. A. Company. 
He is also a life member of all the Masonic 
bodies up to and including the }2d degree. 




John 
MacKenzie, 



ANATOMICAL 
SHOEMAKER, 



449 B Dudley Street, 



Roxbury. 



: Sisjn of the Golden Sli 



Shoes made to fit anv foot, no matter how crippled 
or deformed. Particular attention given to making 
easy shoes for ladies and gentlemen with tender 
feet and children with weak ankles. Will call ami 
take measure if necessary. 





John MacKenzie, 449 B Dudley St., Roxbury. 
5th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 



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Lawrence H. Duchesney, Boston. Co. F, 6th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '6l). Lieut, ist Mass. Cav. 

Capt. 26th N. Y. Cav. 



Chas. H. Hayden, Co. L, 4th Mass. Regt. (Minute 
Men of '61). Co. C, 29th Regt. Mass. Vols. 





Wheelright Hoyt, 585 Tremont St , Boston. 

Corp. Co. D, 8th Mass. (Minute Men oi '61). 

Co. B, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery. 



Geo. W. Ross, Boston, Mass. Co. A, 117th N. Y. 

Vols., 1861-65. Member Gettysburg Post 191, 

Dept. Mass. G. A. R. 



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Chas. A. Snydam, Post 312, Philadelphia, Pa. 
1st Perm. Regt. (, Minute Men of '61). 



W 



Charles A Snydam, Inspector Department of 
Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic, was 
born at Lancaster, Pa. He entered the service in 
Co. E, 1st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, April 
16, 1S61 and was mustered out July 27, 1S61. He 
re-entered the service in Co. B, 127th Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Infantry, Aug. S, 1S62, attached' to 3d 
Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps; was mustered 
out May 29, 1S63; re-enlisted in Co. I, 77th Regt. 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; was promoted 
to sergeant and served in the 3d Brigade, 1st Divi- 
sion, 4th Corps, Army of the Cumberland; mus_ 
tered out at Victoria, Texas, Dec. 5, 1865. 

Inspector Snydam became a member of Post 5S 
Harrisburg, Penn., in 1S7S; joined Post 312 Phila- 
delphia, Penn., by transfer card in 1S85 in which 
Post he served Senior Vice-Commander and Com- 
mander, one year each ; was Adjutant five years 
and officer of the dav three years ; joined Post 2 in 
Philadelphia by transfer in September, 1S96. He 
is also an active member and secretary of the 
famous Veteran Guard of Post 2. He is now serving 
his ninth consecutive term as Inspector of the De- 
partment of Pennsylvania. 



Benj. S. Atwood, Whitman, Mass. Co. H, 3d Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). 
Sergt. Co. B, 3d Mass. Vols., 9 months. 
Comrade Atwood was one of the liveliest " Min- 
ute Men of '61," getting the call in the early morn- 
ing of April 16, hitching up his horse and starting 
before breakfast to help fill the ranks of Co. H, 
of Plvmpton, in the 3d Regiment, Col. D. W. 
Wardrop. He went with the regiment to Fortress 
Monroe, took part in the destruction of Norfolk 
Navy Yard, afterwards doing lots of work in re- 
mounting guns of the fort, and in fatiguing guard 
duty at Hampton, Va. After the three months' 
service he was commissioned by Gov. Andrew as 
1st Lieutenant and recruited the Plvmpton com- 
pany to over fifty men, ready for any call. Finally, 
when nine months' men were wanted he enlisted 
in Co. B, of the 3d Regiment, Col. Silas P. Rich- 
mond, being appointed sergeant. The regiment 
served in North Carolina, and was in several 
fiijhts, in which Comrade Atwood proved himself 
not only a good soldier, but a " non-com." who 
could comprehend and execute orders as well as if 
he had worn shoulder straps, usually holding posi- 
tion at the right of his company, and being acting 
orderly every time there was a flight or a hard 
march. 

He is a prominent and popular citizen of Chit- 
man, in which town he owns and runs a large 
steam lumber mill, and is extensively engaged in 
the manufacture of all kinds of wooden boxes, 
" Victor" castors, and shoe racks. He is connected 
with vaaious local organizations, a member of Old 
Colony Commandery of Knights Templars, of 
Abington, and is known all through Plymouth 
County among men and Masons, as a capital good 
fellow. 

The above is furnished by a comrade who served 
with him. 



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Chas. F. Allen, Whitman, Mass., Co. E, 4th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Maj. 38th Mass. Regt. and Col. U. S. Vols. 



.Major C. F. Allen was born in Oak Hill, Sanfortl, 
Me., July 16, 1S33. Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 
4th Regt. M. V. M. in 1S51 ; was promoted corporal, 
1S54; sergeant, 1S56; commissioned 1st lieutenant, 
April, 1S5S, and captain in 1S60. April 15, 1S61, the 
Mass. Militia was ordered by Gov. John A. Andrew 
to report in Boston forthwith, and Captain Allen, 
with 54 men of Co. E of Abington, was the very ear- 
liest to respond, arriving in Boston ready for duty 
at S.15 A. M. April 16. The regiment was sent to 
the relief of Fortress Monroe, Va., and serving 
there and at Newport News, and Hampton, Va. for 
the term of three months; was mustered out of ser- 
vice at Galloupe's Island, Boston Harbor, July 22, 
1861. In May, 1S62, he was commissioned as major 
in the 4th M. V. M., afterwards resigning to accept 
commission as captain'of Co. C, 38th Mass. Vol. Inf., 
Aug. 14, 1S62. With the regiment he proceeded to 
Louisiana, where he served as Assistant Inspector 
General, in the 3d Division of the 19th Army Corps, 
to which position he was assigned on Jan. 13, 1S63, 
by Gen. Wm. H. Emory. Afterwards serving in 
the same position under Generals H. E. Paine, 
Dwight and Franklin, and as 1st Inspector General ; 
as Provost Marshal at Baton Rouge, La., under 
Gen. P. St. George Cook. During this time, July 
16, 1S63, was commissioned as major of the 38th 
Mass. Inf. In Sept., 1S65, at his own request he was 
relieved from staff duty to rejoin his regiment then 
stationed in Virginia, and upon his arrival was as- 
signed as Assistant Inspector General on the staff 
of Gen. Cuvia A. Grover. Soon after this was 
ordered to take command of the 2d Brigade, 2d 
Div. in 19th Army Corps, and proceeded to Winches- 
ter, Va., and relieved Col. Edwards' Brigade, who 
was then doing garrison duty at the above place. 
He took part in the battles of Bisland, La., April 
13, the siege of Port Hudson, in Mav. June and July 
of 1S63; Opequan Creek, Sept. 19, Fisher's Hill, 
Sept. 22, and Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1S64. Oct. 19, 
[864, was brevetted lieutenant-colonel and colonel of 
the U. S. Vols, "for conspicuous gallantry on the 
field." Was afterwards sent with the regiment to 
Savannah, Ga., and assigned to duty iu charge of 



the construction of fortifications, and also on re" 
pairs and reconstruction of the Savannah Water 
Works. Again ordered to report at Augusta, Ga., 
to act as Provost Marshal for General Molonieux. 
Was relieved from this duty in June, 1S65, to join 
his regiment, and was mustered out of service at 
Savannah, Ga., on the 30th day of June, 1S65. 
Major Allen deems the occupation of Fortress 
Monroe, by the three months' troops in April, 1S61, 
as one of the chief events of the Civil War, if not of 
the very first importance, as it commanded the en- 
trance to Chesapeake Bay, and also held the key to 
the Potomac River and the Capitol at Washington, 
D. C. 



Compliments 

DfiNfl W. BENNETT 5 CO., 

82 Water Street, 

Boston, 

Insurance. 




SL Rupert J. Chute, Dorchester, Mass. 
7th and 8th Mass. Regts. (Minute Men of '61). 



Comrade Chute, one of the youngest of Massa- 
chusetts veterans, went to the front as "captain's 
boy" with Capt. Knott V. Martin, a Minute Man 
of Marblehead: afterwards enlisted as drummer in 
Co. B, 7th Regt.. M. V. M.. and served to the end 
of his term. He is a member of Post 60 G. A. R., 
of Franklin ; of the Boston Veteran Fusiliers, and 
is one of the editorial staff' of the "Boston Tran- 
script." 



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Geo. T. Childs, St. Albans, Vt. Co. K, 5th Mass. 
Vols. (Minute Men of '61). 

George Theodore Childs, born in Charlefetown, 
Mass., Sept. 7. 1X42. Educated in the grammar 
and high schools of that city. Enlisted in Co. K, 
t;th Massachusetts Regiment, April 19, 1S01 ; was 
captured at the First Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 
1S61 ; prisoner of war at Richmond, Va., New 
Orleans, La., and Salisbury, N, C. ; paroled in June, 
1S62; removed to St. Albans, Yt., in 1873; was 
private secretary to the president of the Central 
Vermont R. R. until 1892; editor of the St. Albans 
Daily Messenger from Jan. 1, 1S92, until Oct. 1, 
iScjo; presidential elector and messenger in 1SS4; 
chief of staff to Gov. Farnham in 187S; Judge Ad- 
vocate-General, i88oto 1882; represented St. Albans 
in tlie Legislature in 1S96. Was Commander of 
Abraham Lincoln Post No. 11, Dept of Mass.; 
Commander of A. R. Hulhurt Post >io. 60, Dept. 
of Vermont, one term, and Commander of the Dept. 
ol Vermont G. A. R., one term. 




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Chiropodists, 

58 Winter St. 37 Trernont St. 



Hon. Elijah A. Morse. In Memoriam. 



Elijah Adams Morse was born at South Bend, 
Indiana, May 25, 1841, and removed with his 
parents to Massachusetts in his childhood. He 
attended the public schools and completed his edu- 
cation at Onondaga Academy, New York. 

IK- enlisted in Co. A, 4th Regt. Mass. Vols., 
and served under command of Gen. B. F. Butler, 
in Virginia, as a private for three months, and under 
Gen. Banks, in Louisiana, as a corporal for nine 
months. He was taken prisoner at the capture of 
Brashear City, La. 

He served a term in the Massachusetts House of 
Representatives in 1S76; was elected a member of 
the State Senate in 1SS6, and re-elected in 1SS7; was 
elected a member of the Executive Council in iSSS. 
Before the expiration of his term as Councillor, he 
was elected as Representative to Congress from 
the 12th Mass. Congressional District. He served 
eight years in Congress and refused a re-nomination 
lor a fifth term owing to failing health. lie was 
identified with many reform measures, and was 
often heard as a lecturer on a wide range of topics. 

As a business man lie met an unusual degree of 
success, and developed a large enterprise from 
very small beginnings. 

Elijah Adams Morse died in Canton. Mass., on 
June o, 1 'hi*. 




John H. Loring, Concord, Mass. 

Co. K, 5th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 

2d Mass. Battery. 



Horatio N. Holbrook, Quincy, Mass. 
Co. F,' 5th Mass. Minute Men of '61). 



John Hayes Loring, born Oct. 16, 1S39, at North 
Yarmouth, Me. Enlisted April 15, 1S61, in the 
Charlestown City Guards, State Militia; was in 
and around Washington and was mustered out at 
Boston, Aug. 15, 1861; re-enlisted in "Nim's" 2nd 
Light Horse Battery in January, 1S63. Was in 
Red River Campaign, at Fort Blakely, at the rear 
of Mobile and with the roving Brigade until the 
war was ended. For the past twenty -two years has 
been employed at the State Prison and the Re- 
formatory at Concord, Mass. 






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Lieut. Horatio N. Holbrook was born in Med" 
way, Mass., Nov. 23, 1823. His ancestors on both 
sides performed military service under the Colonial 
system and during the Revolutionary War. His 
father fought in the war of 1S12 and was a cap- 
tain in the State Militia for many years. Lieut- 
Holbrook enlisted in Co. F, 5th Regt. M. V. M. 
on the 15th of April, 1S61. By his own efforts he 
raised a company of one hundred and one men in 
four hours and had the enlistment roll in Governor 
Andrew's hands before night. Upon the next day 
the Company was organized and was ordered to re- 
port to the 5th Regiment then assembling in Fan- 
euil Hall under Col. S. C. Lawrence. At the time 
of his enlistment Lieut. Holbrook was publishing 
a weekly paper called The Spirit of '76 and Na- 
tional Union. He afterwards re -enlisted in the 
31st Mass. Vols, for three years and served under 
Gen. B. F. Butler at New Orleans. When the 
army landed he was requested by Gen. Butler to 
lead the head of the column into the city with his 
Company, hauling two twelve-pounders heavily 
loaded. Lieut. Holbrook has never applied for a 
pension and has never held a government office 
since the close of the war. While at New Orleans 
he was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel but 
on account of illness was obliged to decline. 






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George T. Newhall, Past Chairman Ex. Com. 
(Minute Men of '61). Capt. 8th Mass. Regt. 



Capt. Geo. T. Newhall was born in Lynn, Dec. 
22, 1S31. He was descended in direct line from 
Thomas Newhall, the first wjiite child born in 
Lynn. He entered the U. S. Service April 15, 1S61, 
as captain of Co. D, Sth Mass. Vol. Militia, and 
served through the three months' campaign. In 
September, 1S62, he again entered the service as 
captain in same regiment for 9 months, and was 
nearly 20 years editor and publisher of the " Lynn 
Transcript." Mustered out Aug. 7, 1S63. Died 
July, 1S96. 



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Can be engaged for Concerts and Camp- 
fires by applying to 

Comrade J. Frank Giles, Manager, 
"P. O. Box 2423, Boston, Mass. 




William H. Williams, Co. G, 8th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61) and 1st Mass. Battery. 



The following is taken from the war history of 
Post 60, Franklin, Mass. Comrade William H. 
Williams was born Jan. 2, 1840, on ship in the Eng- 
lish Channel high seas. He volunteered April 15, 
iS6i,in Co. G,Sth Mass. Vols. (Minute Men of '61), 
Mustered out Aug. 31, 1S61, and immediately re-en- 
listed in the 1st Mass. Battery. Was promoted to 
corporal Oct. 30, 1861, and to sergeant February, 
1S63, in campaign under General Burnside; and 
finally mrstered out Aug. 29, 1S65, at Charlestown, 
Va., after close of the Southern Rebellion. During 
the war he participated in the following battles: 
Siege of Vorktown, Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 
1862; followed by Whitehouse Landing and Hano, 
ver Court House. The seven day's battle before 
Richmond, at Mechanicsville, June 20, and Mal- 
vern Hill, July 20, 1S62. Afterwards at the Battle 
of Bristow Station, Second Bull Run, Crompton 
Pass, South Mountain, Antietam, Williamstown, 
Fredericksburg, Kelley's Ford, Chancellors ilk . 
May 1, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 1 . -' ami 3; 
Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Saunders Kami, 
Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Bethesda Church, Fal- 
mouth, Laurel Hill, Hatcher's Hun. Cold Harbor, 
Weldon Railroad and Siege of Petersburg. Din- 
ing all this service Comrade Williams escaped seri- 
ous injury except at second battle of Fredericks- 
burg, where he was wounded in left shoulder. He 
was a strict disciplinarian, and prominent in Post 
60, G. A. R., having tilled nearly every office in the 
Post. He died April 27, 1S96, at Franklin. 



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James H. Griggs, Past President. 

5th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 

33d Mass. and Captain 37th Regt. U. S. Vols. 



J. Frank Giles, Quartermaster and Treas. 

'Minute Men of '61). 
5th Mass. Regt. Sergt. Maj. 1st. Mass. H. A. 




John C. Brooks, Boston. Co. A, 4th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). Co. D, 20th Mass. Vols. 



Lieut. Zaccheus Sherman, Taunton, Mass. 
4th Mass. Vols. (Minute Men of '61). 



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Robert Dollard, Scotland, So. Dakota. 4th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). Lieut. 23d Mass. Vols. 

Capt. and Major U. S. Col. Cavalry. 



Joseph J. Giles. Somerville, Mass. 
Co. I, 5th Mass. (Minute Men of '6i). 



Robert Dollard, 4th Mass. (Minute Men of '61) 
Born in Fall River, Mass., March 14, 1S42; ed- 
ucated in the public schools ; lie joined Co. B, 4th 
Mass., at Kaston, before the war, and was one of 
those who in response to the call of the Governor 
pledged themselves for service in case of war. He 
entered the army April 16, 1861 ; served three 
months and re-enlisted Sept. 5, 1S61, and served as 
sergeant and lieutenant in the 23d Mass. until Dec. 
31, 1S64, when he was promoted to captain 2d U. S. 
Col. Cavalry, and then after to major of that regi- 
ment. 

His promotion to major was by the order of Gen. 
Butler as follows : "Capt. Robert Dollard 2d U. S. 
Col. Cavalry, acting as field officer in command of 
the skirmish line at New Market Heights, inspired 
his command by his great personal bravery, cool- 
ness and ability, until he fell severely wounded 
near the enemies' main line, is promoted to major." 
Major Dollard was a pioneer and a leading and 
highly respected citizen of Dakota Territory, where 
he was District Attorney and a prominent member 
of the upper house of the territorial Legislature 
and was no less prominent as a leader in the move- 
ments, by constitutional and other conventions 
through which the State of South Dakota was cre- 
ated and admitted into the Union. He has been a 
member of both branches of the Legislature of that 
State and its Attorney General. He served with 
credit throughout the war and was retained in 
service by the government until February, 1866, 
nearly five years of continuous duty. 



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Geo. A. Washburn, Co. E, 4th Mass. Regt. 

(Minute Men of '6i). 

Born Feb. 5, 1836. Died Feb. 24, 1900. 



George A. Washburn, Sergeant of Co. Ii. 4th 
Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia, April 16 to Julv 22, 1S61. 
Entered 23d Mass. Vol. as 1st Lieut. Was severely 
wounded at Battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27,1862; 
was captured and held at Libbv Prison. Promoted 
captain July 11, 1S62. Discharged for disability on 
account of wounds received in action to date, "Jan. 
5, 1S63. Enjoys the respect and affection of 'sur- 
vivors of the 4th and 22d regiments. Residence, 
Taunton, Mass. 



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Col. David W. Wardrop, 3d Mass. Regt. 

(Minute Men of '61). 

Col. 99th N. Y. Regt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. 



Born in Philadelphia 1824, died July 10, 1S9S. 
When a young man he removed- to New Bedford. 
Mass. Was connected with the whaling industries 
of the Port. Resumed his military training at 
West Point. At the breaking out' of the Civil 
War was colonel of the 3d Mass. Vols.; served 
with that regiment and at expiration of it served 
as colonel of the 99th New York Vols. Mustered 
out as Brevt. Brigadier General. After the war 
was appointed Inspector of Customs at Boston 
which position he held at time of his death. He was 
a brave and worthy officer, also an upright citizen. 
Has held the office of president of Minute Men of 
Massachusetts as well as at head of several other 
organizations. 



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John N. Breed, Somerville. 5th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). Sergt. 32a 1 Mass. Vols. 

Lost sight of eyes May 8, 1894 ; premature blast in 

Iredell Co. (N. C.) Granite Quarry. 



Edwin C. Bennett, Somerville, Mass. 

Co. I, 5th Mass. Regt. (Minute Men of '61). 

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Feb. 3, 1S40. He was a private in Co. I, 5th Massa- 
chusetts Volunteer Militia in the three months' 
service. He joined the 22d Massachusetts Volun- 
teers Sept. 16, 1861, as sergeant, was promoted sec- 
ond lieutenant Aug. 5, 1862, and commissioned 
captain Aug. 27, 1863. He was brevetted Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel United States Volunteers, March 13,. 
1S65, for gallant and meritorious services. lie was 
wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862, an 
ounce ball passing through the angle of his left 
jaw, lodging in his neck. On June 2, 1S04, he was 
detailed Adjutant-General 2d Brigade, 1st Division 
5th Corps, and remained at front on staff duty until 
expiration of term Oct. 3, following. On leaving 
Brigade he was presented with two letters of com 
mendation signed by all the commissioned officers 
present of the 32d Massachusetts and 155th Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers. 

Since the war he was for twelve years assistant 
postmaster at St. Louis, Mo., and for rive years 
prior to return in iS.,7 to Somerville, manager of a 
mining company inJNew Mexico. 



Corp. John C. Gray, Somerville, Mass. 

Co. D, 3d Battalion Rifles. (Minute Men of '61). 

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Chas. E. Pierce, So. Boston, 4th Mass. Regt. 

(Minute Men of '61), 

1st Sergt. 10th Mass. Light Battery. 

1st Lieut. Acting Adjutant 4th Mass. H. A. 



Capt. Joseph H. Gleason, Everett, Mass. 

Co. B, 3d Battalion. (Minute Men of '61). 

Quartermaster Dept., 21st Mass. Vols. 




Jerome Washburn, Whitman, Mass. 

4th Mass. Vols. (Minute Men of '61). 

Lieut. Co. C, 38th Mass. Vols. 



James W. Nichols, Salem, Mass., 8th Mass. 

(Minute Men of '61). Sergt. Co. B, 40th Mass. 

Lieut. Co. A, 4th Mass. H. A. 



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Luther Stephenson, Hingham, Mass. 
4th Mass. (Minute Men of '61 i. Gen. U. S. Vols. 



John Pollock, Salem, Mass., 5th Mass. 
(Minute Men of '61). Col. 40th Mass. Inft. 





David W. Wardrop, Past Pres. 
Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. (Minute Men of '61). 



Col. Benj. F. Watson, 6th Mass. Regt. 
Past Pres. Minute Men of '61. 



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Martin Binney, Somerville, Mass. Co. I, 5th Mass. Wm. H. Marston, Somerville, Mass. Co. I, 4th 
(Minute Men of '61). 10th Maine and Mass. (Minute Men of '61). Corp. Co. C, 23d 

Capt. 28th Mass. Vols. Regt. Mass. Vols. 

Martin Binney, Co. I, 5th Massachusetts Volun 
teer Militia, three months' service. First Lieu- 
tenant 10th Maine Volunteers ; Captain 2Sth Massa- 

chusetts Volunteers; served on staffs of Generals 
Barlow and Miles; was severely wounded. Mus- 
tered out Dec. 19, 1S64. 



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Co. I, 4th Mass. (Minute Men of '61). 

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MINUTE MEN OF '6l. 

Among the various veteran military or- 
ganizations, the Minute Men of 1S61 seem 
to have become the most popular among 
our people. As the name implies, its 
members are those who responded at a 
minute's notice to the first call of Presi- 
dent Lincoln and Governor Andrew, April 
15, 1861 ; many of them, merchants, me- 
chanics, business men'and students, went 
direct from their places of business to 
Faneuil Hall, thence to Washington, 

NOT IN GAY UNIFORMS 

but mostly in citizen's attire, some armed 
with double-barreled shot guns, sporting 
rifles and various weapons of defence, to 
protect our flag and the national capital. 
Many of these men did not have time to 
see their wives or children before hasten- 
ing away: some were school boys, and 
left school books and dinner pails in their 
haste to get to the front. It is to these 
men 

CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN 

for preserving our country and national 
honor. One of our popular historians 
has written : "A delay of a half hour in 
the arrival of the Minute Men in Wash- 
ington would have found our capital and 
the archives of our government in the 
hands of the rebels, who would at once 
have been recognized by England and 
France," enemies of our country. With 
this state of affairs it would have been 
nearly impossible for our government to 
have again established itself among the 
nations of the world. 

The Minute Men put themselves to the 



fron . and gave our government time to 
catch its breath. The Massachusetts Min- 
ute Men of '61 consisted of seven separate 
organizations, viz. : 

First Massachusetts light battery, 11S 
men ; commanded by Capt. Asa M. Cook. 

Third battalion of riflemen, 31S men ; 
commanded by Maj. Charles Devens, Jr. 
(late Judge Devens). 

Third regiment Massachusetts infantry, 
447 men ; commanded by the late Col. 
David W. Wardrop. 

Fourth regiment infantry, 635 men ; 
commanded by Col. Abner B. Packard. 

Fifth regiment Massachusetts volunteer 
infantrv, S29 men ; commanded by Col. 
Samuel C. Lawrence. 

Sixth regiment Massachusetts volunteer 
infantry, 747 men ; commanded by Col. 
Edward F. Jones. 

Eighth regiment infantry, 711 men; 
commanded by Timothy Munroe, after- 
wards by the late Col. Edward W. Hincks. 

This made a total of thirty-eight hun- 
dred and five men. Some of our friends 
have had an idea that these Minute Men 
were only three months in the service of 
our country, but at their first camp-fire in 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, 18S7, it was shown 
that of the S53 Minute Men present, 

ALL HUT SIXTEEN AGAIN VOLUNTEERED 

in defence of our flag and country; 4S6, 
or over half, having had experience at the 
front, were made officers in new regiments 
and batteries. With this ratio it would 
appear that over two thousand of these 
Minute Men were made officers and did 
much for the discipline and instruction of 
new regiments. 

The 39th annual reception of the Minute 
Men of '61 in Horticultural Hall, at 10 
o'clock, a. m., and banquet in Faneuil 
Hall at 1 o'clock, Saturday, April 14th, 
give promise of being an unqualified suc- 
cess. His Excellency, the Governor, and 
inanv other prominent .persons will be 
present and address the Association. 

In response to a general desire on the 
part of the comrades the Melba Ladies' 
Quartet, with their cornetist, who for 
the past three years have been so warmly 
received bv the comrades, have been en- 
gaged, and will render patriotic songs, 
bugle calls, etc. 

The president for 1900 is Gen. Samuel 
E. Chamberlain, Barre, Mass. ; First Vice- 
President, Capt. Joseph II. Gleason, 
Everett. Mass. ; the Adjutant, Capt. 
James II. Griggs, 4 Albion Place, Charles- 
town : and Quartermaster, J. Frank Giles, 
P. O. Box 2423, Boston. 

Their invitation is general for all vet- 
erans and their friends to attend their 
banquet. 



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